Kyle Aquin (Hamilton, Ontario/St. Jean De Brebeuf) and Casey Jackson (Victoria, BC/Claremont) led RIT with three goals apiece. Aquin finished with six points, dishing out three assists. Ryan Lee (Sharon, Ontario/The Hill Academy) had four points on two goals and two assists, while Allister Warren (Toronto, Ontario/Malvern Collegiate Institute) finished with five points on two goals and three assists. In all, 11 different Tigers scored goals on Saturday.

RIT held a slight 41-40 shot advantage, and won the ground ball battle 46-38. The Tigers dominated at the face-off "x", winning 24-of-30 draws. RIT was 14-of-17 on clearing attempts and held Clarkson to zero goals in nine man-up attempts.

Tyler Brooks-Lambert (Seneca Castle, NY/Midlakes) won a career-high 22 face-offs on Saturday, grabbing a career-best 17 ground balls. He went 22-of-25 on draws and added an assist. Brad Gillies (Oakville, Ontario/St. Thomas Aquinas) scored a goal and dished out an assist and had a team-high three caused turnovers. Pat Johnston (Long Beach, CA/Norwell (MA)) picked up his fifth win of the season, making 14 saves. Jarryd Lee (Melbourne, Australia/St. Leonards) played the entire fourth quarter, making nine saves.

Ryan Darin led Clarkson with four goals. Matthew Gold added two goals while Mike Nortz had a goal and two assists. Harrison Washuta got the start in net for Clarkson, taking the loss, making five saves. J.D. St. Croix had a team-high three caused turnovers for Clarkson, who fall to 4-2 on the season.

St. Croix opened the scoring for Clarkson, scoring at 13:36 of the first quarter, off an assist from Nortz.

Braden Wallace (Oakville, Ontario/Abbey Park) tied the score at 1-1 at the 7:10 mark of the first quarter on his fifth goal of the season. Taylor Wisman (Seattle, WA/Inglemoor) gave the Tigers its first lead of the game at 5:26 off a feed from Aquin. Nortz scored with 3:10 to play in the opening quarter for the Golden Knights, tying the score at 3-3.

Goals from Aquin with 19 seconds to play, and Cory Ashmore (Sutton, Ontario/Sutton District) with four seconds to play in the quarter, gave the Tigers a 5-3 lead after 15 minutes.

Warren scored off a feed from Ryan Lee (Sharon, Ontario/The Hill Academy) to open the scoring in the second quarter, extending RIT's lead to 6-3. Mac Keehfus (Jamesville, NY/Jamesville-Dewitt) made it 7-3 RIT with his third goal of the season with 9:26 to play in the second, while Aquin tallied his second goal of the first half with 2:11 to play, giving the Tigers a 9-3 lead at the half.

RIT's defense tightened in the second quarter, holding the Golden Knights scoreless, and killing off four Clarkson man-up chances.

The Tigers got consecutive goals from Warren and Aquin to open the third quarter scoring, extending RIT's lead to 10-3.

Darin broke the scoring run by RIT with his second goal of the game at 13:02 of the third quarter, cutting RIT's lead to 10-4.

RIT rattled off eight straight goals to break the game open, taking an 18-4 lead with 6:54 to play in the third quarter on Jackson's 24th goal of the season. He scored three straight goals to close out the third quarter, while Gilles, JD Hall (Centennial, CO/Arapahoe), Lee and Matt Hossack (Port Perry, Ontario/Port Perry) also scored for the Tigers in that stretch.

Darin scored two straight goals for Clarkson to end the third quarter, cutting the Tigers' lead to 18-6. Gold and Darin scored the only goals in the fourth quarter, making it an 18-8 final.

RIT is 25-14 all-time versus Clarkson and is off until Wednesday, March 26 when the Tigers face Colby College at 7:30 p.m. at Homewood Field on the campus of Johns Hopkins University.